[newbie-it] MS office

2001-09-02 Thread Libero Lazzari
ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso operare sui miei file di Word, Access, Excell dato che Koffice non me li apre? Libero

Re: [newbie-it] MS office

2001-09-02 Thread Daniele Micci
Il 10:27, domenica 02 settembre 2001, hai scritto: ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso operare sui miei file di Word, Access, Excell dato che Koffice non me li apre? Libero Ciao, installa StarOffice (o l'ultima build di OpenOffice). Li puoi facilmente trovare in giro, oppure li puoi

R: [newbie-it] MS office

2001-09-02 Thread Libero
Usa StarOffice, vedrai che sorpese ! -Messaggio originale-Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Per conto di Libero LazzariInviato: domenica 2 settembre 2001 10.27A: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Oggetto: [newbie-it] MS office ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso

[newbie-it] Fwd: Re: [linux] Editor HTML

2001-09-02 Thread viger71
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [linux] Editor HTML Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:21:22 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LinuxC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il 22:16, sabato 01 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, quali sono gli editor HTML per Linux ? Grazie.

[newbie-it] Fwd: Sceda Tv

2001-09-02 Thread viger71
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Sceda Tv Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:35:33 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ho un piccolo problema non riesco a visualizzare le immagini con xawtv sotto l'User ma ho solo l'audio, ma sotto root va tutto bene

[newbie-it] Fwd: Re: [linux] MDK8 alcuni problemi

2001-09-02 Thread viger71
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [linux] MDK8 alcuni problemi Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:26:24 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LinuxC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il 05:27, domenica 02 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao Lista, ho installato la MDK e ora vorrei

Re: [newbie] file sharing Linux to Linux

2001-09-02 Thread Michael D. Viron
Paul, Try nfs. Or use the mount command with the -t smbfs option. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 07:22 AM 09/02/2001 +0100, you wrote: I am running samba on a Linux server, file

[newbie] video4linux

2001-09-02 Thread Mohammed Arafa
2nd send to mailing list in 3 days.. apologies if this is repeated hi it was thrown upon me to setup an audio/video broadcast server for the local lan here and this is my chance to prove linux is acceptable at my work place. however, there are some things missing from the server i d/l ( ffmpeg)

[newbie] grub/lilo problem

2001-09-02 Thread ivan miranda
Hi all, I had installed a new Quantum SCSI 36gb harddisk with adapatec scsi card.The partion i made is as below sda1 7gb(fat32) sda2 50mb(ext2) sda3 50mb(ext2) sda5 50mb(ext2) sda6 300mb(swap) sda7 6gb (ext2) sda8 7gb (ext2) sda9 6gb (ext2) sda10 8gb (fat32) I was able

Re: [newbie] Firewalling

2001-09-02 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hello Colin, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 4:37:26 PM, you wrote: CJ Hello all, CJ This is probably a dumb question, but I am haveing trouble setting up CJ a firewall. CJ I have lm8 running as a print server dhcp and logon server for my home CJ windows network. CJ I was also using this box to

[newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread hellmut
hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. cheers, -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+

Re: [newbie] Carte Trident

2001-09-02 Thread Jim Kempton
Any of the recent ATI cards will work fine. For cheapness, try the SIS range or the Cirrus Logics. Your box spec is fine and Mandrake will run fine, though you could try LM8 which installs easier and supports more hardware. regards On Friday 31 August 2001 14:36, you said: Hi ! I had to

[newbie] test, don't open (prueba, no lo abras, desde webono)

2001-09-02 Thread falcaraz
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:25:09 -0600 Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list.

RE: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Scottaline Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem... On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:25:09 -0600 Admin [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 07:34:52 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: CE Yes. CE The HFC prefix does mean that it is a Winmoden. CE CE There is a linux driver avaiable for this modem at CE http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers CE but they will only work with

[newbie] Firewalling

2001-09-02 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hello all, This is probably a dumb question, but I am haveing trouble setting up a firewall. I have lm8 running as a print server dhcp and logon server for my home windows network. I was also using this box to share my dial-up internet connection. I installed a very basic lm8 on a p120 with 20mb

Re: [newbie] System/Newtork Monitoring in Console

2001-09-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 01 Sep 2001 23:40:20 -0400 Isaac Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: IC Hey all, IC IC Moving to a less fiesty topic, what are some commands I can use to IC monitor tasks, network traffic, etc from the console/terminal? I know IC some basic networking stuff like netstat and

[newbie] TEst, don't open

2001-09-02 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
prueba desde outlook Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia (España) Correo electrónico trabajo: falcaraz@.um.es Correo electrónico de casa: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

RE: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Jeanette Russo
Sorry but your modem is a winmodem. It is controllerless modem. First Clue is the words HCF. I would check on linmodems.org to see if there is support for it. Jeanette -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Admin Sent: Sunday, September 02,

Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port Quicktime to Linux. Then you wait. Aren't proprietary formats fun? --

[newbie] test, don't open

2001-09-02 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Prueba desderPentium 3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mailing list in Spanish.

2001-09-02 Thread MIB
Yo tambien me apunto. donde hay que arrimar el hombro ?

[newbie] TEst, don't open

2001-09-02 Thread falcaraz
Desde icewm con mandrake 8 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread d
At 11:25 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list. I own a Dell 4100 series pc, running on an 800mhz PIII, with about 380 megs

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread d
Dexter, LURKER again, I find the USR's to be far above the others, of course that is all I have used except for a WinMDM HSP56 that I have NOT tried to make work on Linux. From what I have been told most ISP's, which I use, are using a USR bank and when you connect all thingys will work

Linux port for Agent - was Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Roger Sherman
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port Quicktime to Linux.

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread d
At 11:56 AM 9/2/01, you wrote: LURKER, here, Be careful what you say about NEWBY, we all represent that, even you. BAG! =|;-) Most of us have NOT either, before LINUX. It is easier than WinBlow$. Talk about newbies and I'm there - I have never even run a unix based system before last week !!

Re: [newbie] How to set Default paper size?

2001-09-02 Thread s
On Saturday 01 September 2001 10:32 pm, Geof Steichen wrote: kups is set correctly. My problem is with K Setup Printer window that pops up when I select the printer icon from KMail. Geof Ahhh, people been complaining about that for distros. I don't recall a fix ever being found. Just

[newbie] Floppy entry for LILO?

2001-09-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'd like to have the ability, on bootup, of choosing Floppy. Unfortunately, I had deleted the original entry in lilo.conf for LM8. After an extensive search on the Net, I can't seem to find an example of how to do it. I don't want to mess up Lilo another time. Would anyone have this entry in

Re: [newbie] Carte Trident

2001-09-02 Thread Gonzalix le Druide
Thank you very much, Jim. How to obtain LM 8, please ? regards Jim Kempton wrote: Any of the recent ATI cards will work fine. For cheapness, try the SIS range or the Cirrus Logics. Your box spec is fine and Mandrake will run fine, though you could try LM8 which installs easier and

[newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller

2001-09-02 Thread TLG
Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following:

[newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than doing Find with KDE. but I don't know how to stop it from scrolling off the page before I can read it. I know that there are things like less

Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread Paul Clyne
At 01:09 PM 9/2/01 -0700, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than ls | more Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread Paul Clyne
At 01:09 PM 9/2/01 -0700, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than Oopsie, my bad That should read locate file | more Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr

2001-09-02 Thread Steve
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:50:05AM -0500, Dave Sherman wrote: On 01 Sep 2001 14:08:34 -0400, Steve wrote: I'm starting my Xserver from runlevel 3, and it defaults to gnome, which I don't want. I want to start with icewm, when I give the command `starticewm' or `icewm' from the console at

[newbie] Has anyone got KOffice 1.1 to install?

2001-09-02 Thread Jim Dawson
When I try to install KOffice I get an error: libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-1mdk Does anyone know what RPM file that library is included in? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] HELLOOO...Newby.....

2001-09-02 Thread d
LURKER, here with some info I found on the, guess where, http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi . It is a bulletin board for NEWBIES and they have different areas such as; Hardware related, Programming, Script Depot, Web Serving/Security, How I did it!!, etcetera. There

Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread d
LURKER, here again. I find the locate command works great in a 'term' just fine. There is a scroll bar usually on the right side of the window when accessing from KDE, BTW you can put that scroll bar on the left side under Options if you like. At 03:09 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Isn't there some

Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr

2001-09-02 Thread A V Flinsch
On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. Suggestions/help? Steve,

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Admin
Lurker: LURKER, here. Just to let you know in WindBlows you use 'PNP' in Linux TURN it OFF. That fixed mine. After reading the instructions (go figure, I can't remember the last time I ever read instructions), I did disable PNP from the BIOS. Still, after receiving your response, I double

[newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Eyedeal
Talk about newbies and I'm there - I have never even run a unix based system before last week !! I managed to get my video card going with the option noaccel in the XF86Config, now my modem doen't seem to work. Do I need to install it or will linus recognize it automatically. If installation is

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Don Wilson
I use an Actiontec PCI Call Waiting modem and the box even says Linux.. It is NOT a winmodem! Just followed their instructions for Linux and worked right off the bat. It consistently connects at higher speeds in Linux than in Win98SE too. I found it at Walmart of all places for $40. The

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Don Wilson
I have a SM56, but never tried it in Linux. However Motorola has drivers for Linux here: http://e-www.motorola.com/products/softmodem/support/software.html Also check the archives for posts about the SM56, I remember seeing posts regarding the SM56. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr

2001-09-02 Thread Steve
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:55:52AM -0400, A V Flinsch wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what

Re: [newbie] Serial IRQ problem

2001-09-02 Thread s
On Saturday 01 September 2001 08:16 am, Caglar ERGUN wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 8.0 but I have a problem with the serial port (modem). It is a isa NON-PNP modem. I set it com3 Irq5 but Linux sees it as Irq 4. when I enter : setserial /dev/ttyS2 Irg 5 autoconfig ^auto_irq everything is

Re: [newbie] Floppy entry for LILO?

2001-09-02 Thread Frans Ketelaars
Andre Dubuc wrote: I'd like to have the ability, on bootup, of choosing Floppy. Unfortunately, I had deleted the original entry in lilo.conf for LM8. After an extensive search on the Net, I can't seem to find an example of how to do it. I don't want to mess up Lilo another time. Would

Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller

2001-09-02 Thread civileme
On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to

Re: [newbie] Praise for Mandrake

2001-09-02 Thread skinky
On Thursday 30 August 2001 18:17, you wrote: I just wanted to send a little thanks to the Mandrakesoft team. I bought a new SB Live card today and booted Linux turned Kudzu back on and then removed my old soundcard booted Linux and Kudzu instaled the card flawlessly. Perhaps for some this

Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread David E. Fox
Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Most progs that send stuff to stdout (i.e., your screen) can be piped to 'more'. So, in this situation, you'd do 'locate whatever | more' and read the output one page at a time. command line

[newbie] Mount errors

2001-09-02 Thread David Park
I have just started getting errors on bootup that my kernel does not support filetype fat. I haven't done anything to the kernel and I haven't altered the lines in my fstab file. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing the problem? TIA David Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Hard drive recognition (2nd post)

2001-09-02 Thread Joe Brault
I posted this before, but got no responses so I thought i'd post it again. Thanks for any help :) Hello again, I apologize for posting this again, but I became extremely busy after I first posted this topic, and I misplaced all emails pertaining to it... so here goes: I am having

Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller

2001-09-02 Thread TLG
I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; TLG

Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr

2001-09-02 Thread Steve
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, civileme wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 16:43, Steve wrote: On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:55:52AM -0400, A V Flinsch wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but

Re: [newbie] Hello and Keyboard Map

2001-09-02 Thread Pierre Houben
x-flowedI'm not sure about how to fix you keyboard problem but the clock issue is one that I had when I installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC here. For some reason, the mandrake clock ran 5 hours behind where it should have. Here are a few suggestions, check the clock from the command

[newbie] access permissions, please help

2001-09-02 Thread Joe Brault
Hello again, I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can someone direct me to where I can change these settings please? I am using Linux

[newbie] trouble installing DHCP

2001-09-02 Thread Akbar Ladak
I am running LM on a dual boot Compaq Armada 7800 laptop. The ethernet card is detected but when i try to install a LAN conncetion to the internet, I get an error saying: insmod'ing module failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 510 the code in this line is: run_program::run (-x

Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll

2001-09-02 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks everyone re: the | more solution. I thought that only worked inside a file. Using the scroll bar in KDE term is even better. Don't know how I missed that. Thanks. --- d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LURKER, here again. I find the locate command works great in a 'term' just fine. There

[newbie] LISa setup tip

2001-09-02 Thread Derek
For reasons I will not go into Windoze trashed my hard disc and forced me to re install Mandrake 8.0 Network browsing using LISa had previously been working, but after the reinstall I could not get it to work despite having succeeded previously. Checking the newbie archive I saw that many

[newbie] Getting closer to a working modem

2001-09-02 Thread Admin
Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like: M}W[_mm The

Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem

2001-09-02 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like:

[newbie] Digital Playback

2001-09-02 Thread Richie d
I'm looking for a way to play audio CDs by reading the data directly from a CD. Can anyone tell me why this doesn't work: cdparanoia 1 /dev/dsp ..I've tried several variations on this but all I get is alot of hissing from my speakers. Richie Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Jeremy Davidson
Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Jeremy

Re: [newbie] Firewalling

2001-09-02 Thread Mark Weaver
Colin, If you open Mandrake's control center you'll be able to configure your firewall in there. Mdk 8.0 comes with iptables and there are two way to configure your firewall already on your machine. You have both tiny firewall and Bastille firewall. Mandrake Control Center uses tiny firewall by

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:47:11 -0600 Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Well, I had called Dell Tech Support before buying Mandrake, and they were very certain it was not a winmodem. Well so much for that. It appears they have goofed, looks like it is a winmodem, based on other

Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem - For Carroll

2001-09-02 Thread Admin
Carroll: Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks

Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
That would've been the Plugger plugin playing the QuickTime file via Xanim. The file must've been non-Sorenson. Most QuickTime files nowadays are Sorenson-encooded, and so can't be played by open source players :-( On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:40, Jeremy Davidson wrote: Seems to me I once got a mov

[newbie] Sound not working - solved

2001-09-02 Thread Dennis Myers
I see a lot of my sound doesn't work and discovered while fiddling around that if the sound mixer line 3 slider is even part way up towards the top, my sound shuts off. For what I do I have the slider for lines 1,2,and 3 all the way to the bottom. They are the plugin jack symbols on the right

Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?

2001-09-02 Thread Jim Dawson
I use a free mail service called MyRealBox which is used as a beta site/demonstration site for Novell's NIMS (Novell Internet Mail Service) product. I have been using it with Evolution (via IMAP, it also supports SNMP) for quite some time. It can be reached at www.myrealbox.com. The web

Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?

2001-09-02 Thread Mr S Ganesan
try using ocs webmail or twig or squirrelmail. these are available free for the asking at www.screwdriver.net and at www.squirrelmail.org Enable imap in the /etc/inetd.conf file and reboot. You have your own web-based emai which can be accessed from anywhere provided you box is on and running.

Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video

2001-09-02 Thread Gonzalix le Druide
Please, Eyedeal, could you explain to me (sad owner of a Trident 975 AGP who doesn't accept my LM 7.2) how to make that noaccel option? Please, note that I'm more newbie than you. Thanks in advance G le D --- On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:03, Eyedeal wrote: Thanks - but option noaccel got it

[newbie] how to add ttf?

2001-09-02 Thread Pun Kuan Tou
when I used mkttfdir to add some turetype fonts, It only have medium type fonts, no bold or italic. How can I add some bold and italic fonts ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Graphic LiLo Gone

2001-09-02 Thread Neville Cobb
SInce upgrading to md freq3 my graphical lilo has been replaced with the text one and I can't get it back even through using the mandrake control center. Is there a file that I can tweak to get it back? Nev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] The myth that is Mandrake Support.

2001-09-02 Thread Lex Middelberg
Hi everyone. Does anyone know at which usergroup or mailinglist I can get an answer to the problem quoted hereunder - I use a boxed set MD 8.0 and have posted a request for assisteance here and with Mandrake Support (off their website) but get no reply at all. Hi I am trying to install MD 8.0

[newbie] Newbie still having problems with modem

2001-09-02 Thread Admin
Hello: I think I am getting closer to solving my problem, but I am not there yet. I went out and bought a 3Com 5610 modem. It is linux compatible, as stated on the box and in the literature inside the box and the only modem I found in the three stores I visited which made such a claim. It also

Re: [newbie] Hello and Keyboard Map

2001-09-02 Thread Pierre Houben
x-charset Big5[EMAIL PROTECTED] banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Hello to everybody in the list, Welcome to Linux and to Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. - 1) there is no mapping for the Italian or QZERTY keyboard, the one - you have to press shift

Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I was very sceptical about this product (I haven't had much luck with WINE in the past), and I only bought it because CodeWeavers have a full refund policy -- for whatever reason. From my limited testing so far, QuickTime works quite well, both for local files and for streaming media (I'm

Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness)

2001-09-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Look for you modem at: http://linmodems.org/ http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html If you modem is a winmodem, then the answer is probably no. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:03, Eyedeal wrote: Thanks - but option noaccel got it working, though not to my satisfaction (I'm a perfectionist !! :))

Re: [newbie] access permissions, please help

2001-09-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:13, you wrote: Hello again, I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can someone direct me to where I can

Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?

2001-09-02 Thread Tim Holmes
Well I found a program on Freshmeat.net one weekend, however I could never get it to install. Not that I really gave it a diligent try, but I the few I did try, it didn't work. The app I found was quicktime4linux. -rw-r--r-- 1 timh timh 631944 Jul 27 09:06 quicktime4linux-1.3.tar.gz And

Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller

2001-09-02 Thread Dave Crouse
I have a mandrake 8.0 install disk that worked fine on 2 other systems...but when I tried to install it on my Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3.. it gave me the same error message also. I read as many of the archived emails as i could find on the subject..and Civilme..said